Ultimate wrapped up tonight. I am now 100% a runner… except for shinney tomorrow. Then I’m really really a 100% runner (except for pick-up ultimate on Sunday).
Hmmm…
In other news. I’ve migrated our feed to be tracked by FeedBurner. If you’re subscribed, please feel free to drop your old feed from your reader and re-subscribe.
Posted in exercise, wwwI had my bag ready, boots on, ready to head out to watch the BUF/MIA game at the gym while I run my 10k and then I remembered that it closes at 5pm on Sundays. Sigh.
In happy news, aoeu.ca is now number #18 in google. SEO pays off, I guess.
Posted in exercise, wwwMichael’s most recent post was the first one I saw via the new fangled RSS feed. I also went and applied some SEO magic and it must have worked because in one day we went from number #20 to #19 when you search for ‘aoeu’ in google.
Posted in wwwI’ve moved things around a bit:
- I’ve given up on the ‘beta’ title for the blog and have re-created the blog and imported old entries in a new location (/blog instead of /beta). http://blog.aoeu.ca now is exactly that.
- Added some forums: http://forums.aoeu.ca is also exactly that. I’ll be fleshing this out soon.
- Removed some old files/directories and moved the rest into /pub.
Posted in wwwThe CIRA sent me an email today saying they might give me a MacBook if I submit a story about my “.ca” address. Free MacBooks interest me so I figured why not.
He’s what I submitted:
“aoeu.ca” is not my business. It’s not my family page. It’s not any organization that I run. “aoeu.ca” is my way of telling the world two important parts of who I am. It’s part of my identity.
I have always been one to tweak my environment with the intention of being as efficient as possible. I use a customizable window manager for Linux (FVWM), I use powerful text editors (Vim and Emacs), and I touch my mouse as little as possible. Despite all these attempts to be efficient I was so frequently using the computer that in the course of my school year I began feeling twangs of RSI pain in my wrists.
One summer, whilst home from university, I was browsing the internet with a lowly dial-up internet connection when I came across a new tweak: the Dvorak keymap. By rearranging the keys on my keyboard it promised to not only to help me work faster, but also to have less strain on my wrists. I had only a few hours a week of work and thus lots of free time so I printed off a copy of the keymap, downloaded a typing tutor, changed my computer settings and started typing.
The Dvorak keymap did everything it promised. I can type faster (a modest 98wpm), and I only rarely have any RSI pains. I also have a great discussion item for whoever uses my computer; they quickly get pretty confused when the keys they press produce unexpected results.
Another part of my identity which “aoeu.ca” gives insight to is my proud Canadian citizenship. At the age of 10 my family moved to the USA and I spent the next eight years as “the Canadian”. I enjoyed living there, but all along I knew that I’d eventually want to head back home to Canada. University presented the opportunity to do so and I haven’t left (except to visit old friends) since.
So now you know a bit about who I am, so when looking to put up some sort of web presence and give myself an email address which would survive ISP changes (via email forwarding) I looked for something that would represent a bit of who I am while being quick to type and easy to remember. When using the Dvorak keymap if you type the “asdf” buttons on a keyboard you get “aoeu” on the screen, and the “.ca” shows off my nationality.
You’re welcome to visit “aoeu.ca” sometime. You won’t find much content or any sort of big business, but it’s me, and it’s a bit of who I am.
Posted in personal, wwwI’ve redone the blog again; this time with wordpress. I was tired of nanoblogger’s shell scripts taking forever to render the pages on my MacMini so I’ve offloaded the work to my webhoster instead.
I was going to do it with iWeb but for some reason all the menus were grayed out…? Oh well I’m pretty happy with wordpress so far.
Posted in wwwWell it’s been a _long_ time since the last update but I finally got nb installed on my Mac and have re-entered all the previous entries and gotten everything checked in to SVN.
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